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Is today the day for Jon Daniels contract extension?

SURPRISE, Ariz. – The long-expected, still-not-announced contract extension for general manager Jon Daniels could finally be just around the corner.

It could happen as early as today.

Club president Nolan Ryan and Daniels are expected to meet Thursday to discuss the final details of an extension that Ryan said was a “priority” about a month ago. Since then, the club has dealt with the public spat between Michael Young and Daniels, in which Ryan intervened. Also, and perhaps more significantly, Ryan and Daniels simply haven’t been in the same place at the same time for a while.

In addition, the club’s new owners are descending upon Surprise this weekend for a Board of Directors meeting. It would make for nice timing to be able to the board in person that the GM has been locked up to an extension.

Ryan indicated last week that the Young situation had no real impact on the extension talks.

Daniels took over as the club’s GM for the 2006 season and began remaking the organization in 2007 with the hiring of Ron Washington and a series of trades including the mega-deal that landed the Rangers Elvis Andrus and Neftali Feliz from Atlanta for Mark Teixeira.The Rangers finished 75-87 in 2007, but have improved their record in each of the succeeding years, culminating in last season’s run to the World Series.